TIMESAVER CUSTOMS & LIFESTYLE IN THE UK & IRELAND What is Britain? Wales and Scotland Wales Info-stop • This is the Welsh flag – The Red Dragon of Wales. • The Welsh language is one of the oldest in Europe. 20% of the population* speaks Welsh. • Do you like vegetables? The Welsh national symbol is a leek. • Are you good at spelling? A town in Wales has the longest name in Britain! Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllanttysiliogogogoch • There are lots of castles in Wales. They were built
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Rule. Robert Kee writes of how Parnell “brought Irish nationalism to the very forefront of British politics”. This is proven by the fact that in 1882‚ Parnell established the National League in 1882; leading to over 1000 branches all over Ireland by 1885. In that same year‚ Parnell was able to generate a landslide win for the IPP in the general election‚ winning 85/ 105 in Ireland‚ plus one more seat in Liverpool. This showed a mass support in Ireland‚ and even in the U.K.‚ for the idea of Home Rule
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What was the impact of Catholic emancipation on Anglo-Irish relations? The Roman Catholic Relief Act‚ passed by Parliament in 1829‚ was the culmination of the process of Catholic Emancipation throughout Britain. In Ireland it repealed the Test Act and the remaining Penal Laws which had been in force since the passing of the Disenfranchising Act of the Irish Parliament of 1728. During the campaign for Catholic emancipation in Ireland‚ Daniel O’Connell‚ organizer of the Catholic Association‚ was the
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Italian vs. Irish Immigration Jarrett Rutherford Pd.5 9/18/10 This paper will contrast the two dominant populations of immigrants to the United States in the 19th and early 20th century. These two groups of immigrants were from Italy and Ireland. The reasons both of these groups immigrated to the United States are very similar‚ but their cultures were vastly different‚ and the marks they left on our society are still felt to this day. At the beginning of the 19th century the dominant
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Madame Chairperson‚ members of the opposition and members of the audience. My name is Ciaran Murray‚ we are here today to debate the motion that “More taxes and/or cuts should be imposed on pensioners and social welfare recepients in te Republic of Ireland.” We the apposing team strongly reject this statement. Rebuttal First I’d like to talk about... Today I will be talking to you about other areas in which we can save rather than taxing pensions or cutting social welfare‚ and some of the laughable
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discrimination in the workplace was incorporated into Irish law by means of the Anti-Discrimination (pay) act 1974 and the Employment Equality act 1977. The jurisprudence for the right to equal pay is the landmark case of Defrenne v Sabena[2] which saw the European court of justice establish that the right to equal pay was legally binding in agreeing that the complainant’s right to equal pay derived directly from Article 119(now Art 157TFEU). The law in Ireland is now governed exclusively by the Employment
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of a mother and a daughter. The mother is a hard worker and did a lot to come to America‚ but her daughter is not doing much to stand out and is wasting an opportunity in America. Gish Jen’s “Who’s Irish” tells the story of a sixty-eight-year-old Chinese immigrant and her struggle to accept other cultures different from her own. The Chinese mother has a daughter who she has to babysit for‚ because the daughter’s family could not afford a babysitter. In her short story "Two Kinds‚" Amy Tan utilizes
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St. Brigid of Ireland: Creator of the Double Monastery What is a saint? Why do we choose a saint? What purpose does it have in our life? Merriam Webster Dictionary defines a saint as “a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death.” Being a saint takes more than praying and going to Church. We follow saints with confidence that they will make us and everyone around us better people and Christians. One such saint is Saint Brigid. St.
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throughout Northern Ireland‚ especially in the three areas of health‚ housing and education. It did this through funding from London‚ as Northern Ireland could not pay for these reforms out of its own income. After Northern Ireland helped the UK in WW2‚ they were looked upon in a better way. In return‚ most of the taxation control was given to the British government. They were also given aid from the Marshall plan. Although at the time Lord Basil Brooke‚ the PM for Northern Ireland‚ was reluctant to
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I lived on a potato farm in Ireland during the Great Potato Famine. It was the worst famine in Europe in the 19th century. This famine started in September of 1845 and ended in 1852. During this time‚ life in Ireland was extremely difficult. We suffered from much starvation and disease. Approximately one million of us died and another million emigrated to other countries‚ especially America. The population of the country dropped 20 to 25%. The Great Famine began mysteriously. My family
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